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SpaceX, Dragon Capsule & Falcon 9: Latest News
Hawthorne, Calif.-based Space Exploration Technologies (SpaceX) is a commercial company aiming to launch cargo, and eventually people, to low-Earth orbit. The firm is developing its Dragon capsule and Falcon 9 booster under contracts from NASA's Commercial Crew Development (CCDev) program and its Commercial Orbital Transportation Services (COTS) program.
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The space agency is happy to share the spotlight with companies like SpaceX.
Sierra Nevada's Dream Chaser passed a wide-ranging design review.
A key congressman is no longer insisting that NASA choose one manned private spaceflight provider right away.
A P-3 Orion Cast Glance aircraft was sent by NASA and U.S. Navy to track and record the descent of SpaceX's historic Dragon capsule (first commercial spacecraft to dock with ISS) on May 31st, 2012.
The Dream Chaser mini-shuttle passed its first "captive-carry" test on Tuesday.
The accolades are rolling in for SpaceX after the May 31 splashdown of its Dragon spacecraft.
The founder of commercial rocket company SpaceX is thrilled over his victory.
The Dragon capsule will likely make a real supply run to the space station this September.
Dragon ended its groundbreaking first mission to the International Space Station.
Dragon has begun its trip back through the atmosphere to splash down in the Pacific Ocean.
See photos and images of SpaceX's Dragon capsule as it flies to the International Space Station for the first time.
Dragon is due to splash down in the Pacific Ocean later this morning.
NASA TV will air Dragon's departure and re-entry to Earth's atmosphere.
Tune in as SpaceX's Dragon space capsule returns to Earth on Thursday, May 31.
See images of the historic first docking of a private spacecraft with the International Space Station
SpaceX's new Falcon Heavy rocket will be the most powerful rocket in use when it starts flying in 2013.
The private space race is really taking off.
Falcons, Dragons and Merlins aren't just fantasy creatures; they're spaceflight fact.
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